Sorry for the delay, I wanted to make sure that I couldn't get it to work until next time I replied you.
And thank you for the attention and care.
I tried, as you mention, connect it with my laptop by tapping along in the centre-right of the screen several times, but no success.
I absolutely hate throwing out things that seem to be working. So it hurts me to think that even though all individual parts of my Kobo may be functioning, I'm still unable to make it usable
Unless there is a way to fix it with an Image pasted into the memory stick from the computer, miraculously resuscitating it, I suppose this is a R.I.P for the Kobo mini.